Welcome to Custer County Register of Deeds’ (ROD) Office. The ROD provides a variety of services to the county and is the primary county official record keeping and archival office. The ROD keeps all records of land transactions, DD-214’s, and various instruments authorized by law to be certified and available to the public. We also issue marriage licenses and certified copies of birth, death and marriage certificates. We are the record holder for specific liens i.e. hospitals, county, state and federal liens are held within the ROD office.

Identification: driver’s license or a certified copy of birth certificate

Those 16 and 17 must have parental consent. South Dakota law does not permit marriage of those under 16.

The marriage must be solemnized with 20 days from the purchase of your license or the license becomes void.

Once married, the individual who solemnizes the marriage must return the license to the Register of Deeds within 10 days. If not, there will be no record of your marriage. Marriage may be solemnized by a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the circuit court, a magistrate, or any person authorized by a church to solemnize marriages. See SDCL 25-1 for specific statues.